Commission Regulation (EC) No 176/2001 of 26 January 2001 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 260th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
Date: 2001-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, beef, intervention buying, maximum price, purchase price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 176/2001

of 26 January 2001

fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 260th
partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
1627/89

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), and in particular Article 17(8) thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 of 15 March
2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the
buying-in of beef (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
2734/2000 (3), lays down buying standards. Pursuant to
the above Regulation, an invitation to tender was
opened under Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying-in of
beef by invitation to tender (4), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 121/2001 (5).

Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 lays
down that a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed for
quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial invita-
tion to tender in the light of tenders received while
Article 13(2) of that Regulation states that a decision
may be taken to make no award. In accordance with
Article 36 of
that Regulation, only tenders quoting
prices not exceeding the maximum buying-in price and
not exceeding the average national or regional market
price, plus the amount referred to in Article 6(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 are to be accepted.

Once tenders submitted in respect of the 260th partial
invitation to tender have been considered pursuant to
Article 47(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, and
taking account of
reasonable
support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh-
terings and prices, the maximum buying-in price and the
quantities which may be bought in should be fixed for
category A and no award made for category C.

the requirements

for

As the quantities offered at present exceed the quantities
which may be bought in, a reducing coefficient should
therefore be applied in accordance with Article 13(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 562/2000.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

and lays down special rules in addition to those laid
down for the buying-in of other products.

the scale of

the quantities awarded,

the
In view of
application of
the possibility provided for in Article
16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 of extending the
period during which the interventon products are to be
delivered is warranted.

In the light of developments, this Regulation should
enter into force immediately.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Under the 260th partial invitation to tender opened pursuant
to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89:

(a) for category A:

— the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 241,00/
100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
— the maximum quantity of carcases and half-carcases

accepted shall be 18 491 t,

— the quantities offered at a price of EUR 227,00 or
more shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 50 % in
accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No
562/2000;

(b) for category C no award shall be made;

(c) for carcases and half-carcases of store cattle as referred to

in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000:

— the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 382,00/

100 kg of carcases or half-carcases,

— the maximum quantity of carcases and half-carcases

shall be 193 t.

Article 2

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 also opens
buying-in of carcases and half-carcases of store cattle

The first sentence of Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 562/
2000 notwithstanding, the time limit for delivery to interven-
tion stores is extended to 24 calendar days.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
(3) OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 45, Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 3/2001 (OJ L 1, 4.1.2000, p. 6).

(4) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 36.
(5) OJ L 19, 20.1.2001, p. 24.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January 2001.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission